At first glance, it would be hard to place blame on Giannis Antetokounmpo for any of the Bucks’ offensive struggles in their 2-2 split with the Boston Celtics. He’s averaging 32.0 points and 8.0 assists per game in the series,
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5 wildly unrealistic Lakers trade ideas you’re going to hear a lot this summer
It’s the Los Angeles Lakers. That’s all you can say when you hear rumors about the Los Angeles Lakers. Its fans are going to take any nugget of information and let it spread like wildfire. Just this week, Toronto Raptors head
The Whiteboard: 3 stats that prove Nikola Jokic was right MVP choice
This morning, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski broke news that Nikola Jokic had been selected as the NBA MVP, with an official announcement to come later this week. It was Jokic’s second consecutive MVP award and put him in a select group as just
UNC basketball hoping to land Brady Manek replacement in transfer portal
On the topic of speaking things into existence, here is to Matthew Mayer becoming the heir apparent to the Brady Manek role on the UNC basketball team. Manek may have made his way to Chapel Hill by way of Burning Man, but he used
5 teams that can make an intriguing offer for Rudy Gobert
The Utah Jazz won the Northwest Division for the second straight year this year. They also made a first-round playoff exit for the third time in the last four years, losing to the Dallas Mavericks in six games. Talk of an offseason
NBA at 75: When the Denver Nuggets shocked the world
Fandom, like religion, is usually inherited. My dad grew up a Nuyorican in Spanish Harlem in the 1960s. Cross the wrong block into the wrong neighborhood and things could go very wrong. His sports boundaries, by comparison, could be fuzzier.
Above the Break: What to watch on the WNBA’s Opening Weekend
Welcome to Above The Break, a new column where every week I peer around the WNBA and talk about what’s going on. There’s no set rule for what that peering will look like — maybe it’ll take the form of
Trae Young stats: Best memes and tweets trolling Hawks guard for awful Game 1 vs Heat
There’s choking in primetime and then there’s what Trae Young did in Game 1 for the Atlanta Hawks going up against the Miami Heat. Despite the Hawks being the No. 8 seed, fans were hopeful that Young would be able to lead the squad
Warriors fans can’t complain about Scott Foster anymore
Foster has been a villain in the Bay area for years due to his untimely postseason calls, and even technical fouls given out for virtually no reason — just look what happened when Cousins was. a member of this Golden State squad
Atlanta Hawks: Trae Young is the villain basketball desperately needs
Trae Young knows that people are going to talk about it. Trae Young wants people to talk about it and so Trae Young goes out of his way to get them talking. Young walks a fine line between spontaneous combustion and
Watch: Protester halts Clippers-Timberwolves trying to glue herself to the floor
The NBA Playoffs have it all: the superstars, the drama, the intensity, the protesters gluing themselves to the floor. Yes, that last one is a thing that actually happened. And you thought the NBA Play-In Tournament was a waste of
39 most iconic sports photos from March Madness and Getty Images
Micah Peavy of the TCU Horned Frogs falls on Dalen Terry of the Arizona Wildcats as he attempts to block a shot during the first half in the second round game of the 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Viejas
Duke Basketball: Projected starting lineup for 2022-2023
The season for the Blue Devils has come to an end after falling 81-77 in the Final Four against North Carolina. But that isn’t the only thing to come to an end. Head Coach, Mike Krzyzewski, has announced his retirement
Kyrie Irving, hilariously, thinks he should have made the NBA 75 team
At the beginning of the NBA season, the NBA released their list of the NBA’s top 75 players of all time, and Kyrie Irving’s name was not on that list. Irving addressed not making the top 75 during his post-game interview, following the
5 biggest questions heading into 2021 NBA Playoffs
The NBA Playoffs are just about here, but there are still a few things we need to work out. For one, the standings. At the time of this writing, four teams were within 2.5 games of the top seed in the Eastern